Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Strom 3 (or Storm 3 for
short) is the 3rd well technically 4th (if you include Storm
Generations) game of the Ninja Storm series. The game mixes simplistic fighting
mechanics with over the top signature moves seen in the manga as well as the
anime. There are three main game modes; Adventure, Online, and free play.
Adventure mode is where the main story unfolds, though unlike storm 2 the game
is mostly presented in cut-scenes. In other words you won’t have to run around
in a static world playing fetch to get through the main part of the game (note
that you will eventually have to though if you want to completely finish it).
Online mode is mostly the same as it was in the previous entries, and Free Play
adds a tournament mode.

Pros:

-Graphics

-Interactive battle scenes return

-Battling multiple enemies at once is a neat
addition

-Huge Character Roster

-Being able to use awakening whenever you want
with certain characters

Cons:

-Free roaming and exploring the world is as
boring as ever

-Not a fan of some of the story changes

-Lack of interactive cut-scenes that made storm 2
worth playing thorough.

-English Dub of Naruto has always been kind of
bad but this takes the cake, (and they used the official voice actors)

-No licensed music from the show (in other wards
all the music is newly made for the game and, it feels awkward at times)

My Thoughts:

Ok so I really wanted to like
this game and call it the Budokai 3 of the Ultimate Ninja Storm series but I can’t.
There are just so many things that could have been improved from previous versions
of the games (like the over world in the Adventure part of the game. it could
have been so much better if they made it similar to how UbiSoft made “Rise of
Ninja” and “Broken Bonds”). Also they somehow seemed to mess up what good the
series had going for it like the interactive battle scenes. No, they didn’t remove
them but they sure did cut them back. You would think if 67% of the story mode
would was going to be cut-scenes then at least make then as interactive and
action packed as possible. Being a bit of a music junkie the compositions aren’t
bad (I actually like a lot of them specially the one played at the menu screen
and the one play when Naruto meets his mother.) but some of it feels a bit out
of place. When I come down to it Storm 3 is not a bad game just slightly mediocre
and it didn’t have to be. All CyberConnect2 had to do was improve on the bad
and keep was what was good in the previous ones and they would have had an
awesome game. Finally if you play this game’s adventure mode I recommend going
into options and changing the language to Japanese…